Only three points good enough for Porto in Desportivo Aves game

Porto have less rest than Desportivo Aves in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Primeira Liga game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Marítimo, so at least Porto are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Porto form and stats

4-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Porto, who have the the best goal difference (+12) at home in Primeira Liga, so far this season. Porto has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio do Dragao. We remember; it was Vitória Setúbal.

Porto drew their last game, 1-1 away at Marítimo (placed 11th). Ahead of that match, Porto won a home game hosting Famalicão (3-0).

Everyone expects Porto to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 14 games: 14 home wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Porto have won with at least two goals margin 11 times in similar situations.

The manager Sérgio Conceição will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Rangers in only four days.

Goals are plentiful at Estadio do Dragao in the league this season as Porto has scored 12 goals here in 4 attempts. As for guarding their own goal, Porto have only let in 0 goals at home.

Desportivo Aves form and stats

The manager Augusto Inácio is not happy with the away performances in the Primeira Liga so far, as all 5 matches have been lost. Desportivo Aves are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 11 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Marítimo game.) It's all red in the travel logs of Desportivo Aves, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Desportivo Aves, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Belenenses (placed 14th). A 2-5 defeat away at Farense before that.

Desportivo Aves are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found eleven matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 2 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats. Of the defeats, 6 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Desportivo Aves find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Desportivo Aves can't defend away. 17 goals have been scored by the opposition in 5 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's 7 Porto victories, 1 draw and 0 Desportivo Aves wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Zé Luís 6 goals

M. Marega 4 goals

Welinton Junior 4 goals

Porto missing players

Desportivo Aves missing players